Prof Shalini Vinod
@shalinivinod.bsky.social
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Radiation Oncologist /
#Lung
Cancer /
#Quality
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#Equity
Thrilled at launch of 🇦🇺 optimal care pathways for older people with
#cancer
#COSAASM2025
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13 days ago
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Honoured to receive NSW health research award for our nurse-led geriatric oncology model of care for older patients with
#lungcancer
Innovative sustainable models essential in translating evidence into practice
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13 days ago
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IASLC
27 days ago
It’s Lung Cancer Awareness Month 💙. Research improves outcomes for the world’s deadliest cancer. The IASLC community works to conquer lung cancer every day. Help fund critical research and make an impact:
https://bit.ly/4nBZ6HU
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Important to assess quality of decision making at MDMs. Is the patient voice being heard? Do nurses contribute?
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Quality of Decision-making at Oncology Multidisciplinary Team Meetings: A Structured Observational Study
Multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) are crucial in cancer care, with increasing attention on improving the quality of decision-making. Validated tools h…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0936655525001979
about 2 months ago
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Pleasure to be part of this podcast about treating older people with
#lungcancer
thoraciconcology.org.au/podcasts/59-...
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59 - Challenging Ageism: Optimising Lung Cancer Treatment in Older Adults - TOGA - Thoracic Oncology Group Australasia
In this episode of Conversations in Lung Cancer Research, hosted by Dr Michael Krasovitsky, a medical oncologist at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, the focus is on lung cancer in older adults.
https://thoraciconcology.org.au/podcasts/59-challenging-ageism-optimising-lung-cancer-treatment-in-older-adults/
about 2 months ago
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Prof Shalini Vinod
The Lancet Oncology
3 months ago
Super session announcing a new
@thelancet.com
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Commission on lung cancer at this year’s WCLC 2025 in Barcelona
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Excited to be a commissioner for Lancet Commission on Lung Cancer
www.lancetlungcancer.org
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The IASLC - Lancet Commission on Lung Cancer
The IASLC - Lancet Commission on Lung Cancer brings together leading clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and patient advocates from across the globe aiming to reframe the global lung cancer agenda.
https://www.lancetlungcancer.org/
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Are you thinking of studying the association of the time from cancer diagnosis to treatment and overall survival? Have a look at these consensus recommendations we developed and published in the British Journal of Cancer:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Recommendations for studying the association of the cancer diagnosis to treatment interval with overall survival: a modified Delphi process - British Journal of Cancer
British Journal of Cancer - Recommendations for studying the association of the cancer diagnosis to treatment interval with overall survival: a modified Delphi process
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-025-03158-3
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3694 people enrolled for lung cancer screening in first month of lung cancer screening in 🇦🇺 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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4 months ago
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A
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led geriatric oncology model of care is a feasible way of ⬆️ geriatric screening & assessment of older adults with
#cancer
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Implementation and evaluation of a nurse-led geriatric oncology model of care for older adults with lung cancer
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879406825001183
4 months ago
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🙏🏽 @medacape.com for showcasing
#lungcancer
screening in 🇦🇺
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Australia Launches Lung Cancer Screening Program for Smokers
Australia has launched its first lung cancer screening program, which targets current and recent smokers with biennial low-dose CT scans.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/australia-launches-lung-cancer-screening-program-smokers-2025a1000i6t?src=mbl_msp_iphone
4 months ago
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Lung cancer screening in 🇦🇺is finally here! Amazing amount of work from multidisciplinary group & consumers.
www.health.gov.au/our-work/nlcsp
Need
@racgp.bsky.social
support to assess patients for eligibility. It’s time to ⬆️ survival from lung cancer!
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https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/nlcsp
5 months ago
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Prof Shalini Vinod
6 months ago
The Onus of Proof: Evidence-Based Adoption of Advanced Radiation Therapy Technologies.
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The Onus of Proof: Evidence-Based Adoption of Advanced Radiation Therapy Technologies
Historically, there has been a relative paucity of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in radiation oncology relative to the number in medical oncology. In an analysis of almost 700 RCTs published bet...
https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(24)03653-8/abstract
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🙏🏽 ABC for shining the light on 🇦🇺 deadliest cancer. Bring on
#lungcancer
screening
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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@gerryhanna.bsky.social
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Australia's deadliest cancer to get new screening program
After years of lobbying from patients, the first ever national lung cancer screening program will roll out next month for people who have a significant history of smoking.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-04/lung-cancer-screening-program-to-help-smokers-early-detection/105346790
6 months ago
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Need exercise physiologists as routine members of oncology team esp for survivorship care
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6 months ago
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👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 work by PhD student Dr Kim-Lin Chiew - Quality Indicators and Benchmarks for Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer: A Modified Delphi Approach - Clinical Oncology
www.clinicaloncologyonline.net/article/S093...
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Quality Indicators and Benchmarks for Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer: A Modified Delphi Approach
While there are many published quality indicators (QIs) for assessing clinical care in lung cancer few specifically measure the quality of radiotherapy (RT). To address this gap, we used a structured ...
https://www.clinicaloncologyonline.net/article/S0936-6555%2825%2900141-4/fulltext
6 months ago
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🇦🇺lung cancer screening coming 1st July. Guidelines state “ Suitability for lung cancer surgery should not be a contraindication for screening, as those with comorbidities can safely be Rx with radiotherapy (SABR) with minimal toxicities”.
www.targetingcancer.com.au/dereks-story/
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Derek’s Story - Radiation Oncology Targeting Cancer
A game-changing radiation therapy technique called SABR is offering hope to people living with lung cancer, like Derek Peffe
https://www.targetingcancer.com.au/dereks-story/
6 months ago
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Guidance on appropriate imaging in FU after
#lungcancer
Rx. Highly variable in practice. Time for
#commonsenseoncology
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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@astro-org.bsky.social
@gerryhanna.bsky.social
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Lung Cancer-Surveillance After Therapy
This document reviews the evidence supporting different imaging modalities and techniques used to evaluate patients with a history of lung cancer. It …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1546144025001310
6 months ago
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Fascinating research on how a simple photo can be used to predict survival in cancer patients. FaceAge, a deep learning system to estimate biological age from face photographs to improve prognostication: a model development and validation study
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FaceAge, a deep learning system to estimate biological age from face photographs to improve prognostication: a model development and validation study
Our results suggest that a deep learning model can estimate biological age from face photographs and thereby enhance survival prediction in patients with cancer. Further research, including validation...
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500%2825%2900042-1/fulltext
7 months ago
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Great work
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on psychosocial influencers & barriers for
#lungcancer
screening
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Psychosocial impacts of, and barriers to, lung cancer screening: an international qualitative study of multidisciplinary health professionals’ perspectives
Many lung cancer screening (LCS) programs are in development following landmark trials demonstrating the effectiveness of screening for reducing lung …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0738399125005397
7 months ago
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Excited to obtain funding for
#radiotherapy
RCT of functional lung avoidance in lung cancer radiotherapy
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...
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Sydney researchers awarded new funding for clinical trials and cohort studies
University of Sydney medicine and health researchers awarded over $8 million under the National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies grant scheme.
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/05/13/sydney-researchers-awarded-new-funding-for-clinical-trials-and-cohort-studies.html
7 months ago
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Prof Shalini Vinod
OncoDaily
7 months ago
TOPGEAR trial at ESTRO 2025: Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer
@estroradiotherapy.bsky.social
oncodaily.com/opinion/topg...
#OncoDaily
#Oncology
#Cancer
#Health
#Medicine
#MedEd
#MedOnc
#MedNews
#ESTRO25
#ESTRO2025
#GastricCancer
#TOPGEAR
#CRT
#GEJ
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TOPGEAR trial at ESTRO 2025: Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer - OncoDaily
TOPGEAR trial at ESTRO 2025: Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Gastric Cancer / cancer, ESTRO, ESTRO 2025, gastric cancer, Headlines, Leong
https://oncodaily.com/opinion/topgear-results-estro-2025
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🇦🇺 guidelines for
#lungcancer
screening. Screening coming 1st July. Great step forward in
#lungcancer
Mx. Spread the word.
www.health.gov.au/our-work/nlc...
@newsgp.bsky.social
@ausgov.bsky.social
@drtomjohn.bsky.social
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https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/nlcsp/resources
7 months ago
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👏🏽🎉Dr Vicky Chin on being awarded the Frank Ellis medal for greatest contribution to advancing the science of cancer treatment in 2023 Clinical Oncology.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36964031/
@unsw.bsky.social
@gerryhanna.bsky.social
#Cardiooncology
#PhD
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Validation of a Fully Automated Hybrid Deep Learning Cardiac Substructure Segmentation Tool for Contouring and Dose Evaluation in Lung Cancer Radiotherapy - PubMed
The novel hybrid automatic segmentation tool reported high accuracy and consistency over a validation set with challenging anatomical and imaging variations. This has promising applications in substru...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36964031/
7 months ago
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7 months ago
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Clinicians have their own specialty bias for Rx on NSCLC. Hardly surprising but how can we ensure balanced opinions for patients? Should they see all treating specialists?
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Physician Specialty Shapes Hypothetical Self-Treatment Choices for Locally 2 Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Is the 'Best' Option Subjective?
Recent trials show evolving paradigms in systemic therapy improve outcomes for select patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). How…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273625001263
7 months ago
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Clinical trials of systemic Rx in NSCLC NOT assoc with time toxicity in Canada!
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Health Care Contact Days for NSCLC Treated in Clinical Trials vs Routine Care
This cohort study examines patterns of contact days among patients with advanced-stage non–small cell lung cancer receiving care in clinical trials compared with routine practice.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2832739
7 months ago
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Surveillance with FDG PET/CT does not improve rates of curatively treated recurrences, TTR, or OS compared to ceCT in NSCLC patients after curative treatment.
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Surveillance with [18F]FDG PET/CT of stage I-III lung cancer patients after completion of curative treatment (SUPE_R): a randomized controlled trial
Post-treatment surveillance is recommended for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) due to a high risk of recurrence, but evidence on the optimal survei…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1556086425006938
7 months ago
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Guideline on Dx & Rx of radiation pneumonitis. Hope to investigate functional lung RT planning to limit this toxicity.
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Diagnosis and treatment of radiation induced pneumonitis in patients with lung cancer: An ESTRO clinical practice guideline
The incidence of radiation pneumonitis (RP) has decreased significantly compared to historical series, mainly due to improved radiotherapy techniques …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016781402500132X
8 months ago
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Engineering meets medicine. ⬇️scan time 63% ⬇️ radiation 85% for CBCT imaging of lung tumours.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@sydney.edu.au
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Real-time spatiotemporal optimization during imaging - Communications Engineering
Dillon et al. developed a new computational approach for optimizing CT-based image guidance for lung cancer radiation therapy. Monitoring the patient while controlling the imaging hardware in real tim...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44172-025-00391-9
8 months ago
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LMIC study shows that chemo RT for cervical cancer improves QOL including in HIV+ pts
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@upenn.edu
@upenn.bsky.social
#globalhealth
#cervixcancer
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Longitudinal study on quality of life following cervical cancer treatment in Botswana
Purpose This study longitudinally assessed the quality of life (QoL) in patients who completed chemoradiation (CRT) for cervical cancer in Botswana and compared the QoL for those living with and witho...
https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/3/e017206
8 months ago
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It’s never too late to quit smoking!
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‘Never too late’: quitting smoking after cancer diagnosis boosts survival rates, modelling shows
People who quit smoking after a cancer diagnosis can still improve the length and quality of their life, new modelling shows.
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/03/never-too-late-quitting-smoking-after-cancer-diagnosis-boosts-survival-rates-modelling-shows
8 months ago
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Prof Shalini Vinod
Annie Wong 黃毅敏
9 months ago
What an inspiring video to wake up to! 🙌find strength in your team 🙌defend what is right 🙌you can do ANYTHING but not everything 🙌fight imposter syndrome - you deserve to be there
youtu.be/i6fe2EK2lh8?...
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@drjnaidoo.bsky.social
#ESMO
#Women4Oncology
#oncology
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Diary of an oncology leader: Episode 1 – Solange Peters
YouTube video by European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
https://youtu.be/i6fe2EK2lh8?si=j_iIUGoJ7raoVBLE
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Invasive mediastinal staging changes
#radiotherapy
vol in
#NSCLC
but no diff in OS. Is comprehensive SEISMIC staging needed or does systemic Rx deal with micromets?
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Impact of Different Mediastinal Staging Modalities on Target Volume Delineation in Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the Multicenter Randomized PET-Plan Trial
To evaluate the role of different invasive and non-invasive mediastinal staging methods in patients with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360301625001968
9 months ago
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Looking forward to meeting
@bogda-koczwara.bsky.social
when she joins UNSW to help develop cardio-oncology models of care
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9 months ago
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Super proud to see this special cardio-oncology edition of JMIRO in print.🙏🏽to all the authors
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17549485...
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Special Issue: Cardio‐oncology: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology: Vol 68, No 8
Click on the title to browse this issue
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17549485/2024/68/8
9 months ago
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Successfully crossed worlds to join my community
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